Nottingham Forest faced Midtjylland, with McAtee putting in a strong performance. McAtee and Hutchinson combined to win a free-kick.
Key Moments in the First Half
McAtee’s performance stood out. He played a lush ball in behind, setting up Yates, who lashed a shot against the face of the bar. The ball wouldn’t quite sit down for Yates.
Midtjylland won a free-kick near the right touchline. Bech flicked the ball on across the face, but Billing couldn’t quite get over it.
McAtee helped Forest win a free-kick 25 yards out. Ndoye’s delivery was poor. Hutchinson retrieved the situation and played a clever backheel to Lucca, who played a one-two with McAtee, then poked a low shot that Olafsson shovelled behind.
Midtjylland’s Chances
Bakwa’s delivery was good, swinging in to the back post. Dominguez headed back, but Lucca couldn’t force it over the line. Billing kicked clear.
Morato and Jensen shoved each other, prompting a word from the ref. Bakwa swung the ball flat to the far post, and Milenkovic missed the ball entirely. It then hit Bravo and bounced off him to Olafsson.
Discussions on Match Decisions
There is discussion around punishing Senegal for acting like a bunch of entitled children. The debate includes pulling your team off the pitch because you disagree with a call.
One view is that changing a match result is not an option, because if you start here where does it end? Should we go back and punish Maradona for the hand of God and re-litigate the rest of that tournament?
The discussion includes VAR calls that refereeing bodies later say were incorrect. The idea of banning ICE for the World Cup is also mentioned.
The view expressed is that we’re punishing unacceptable behaviour pour encourager les autres, not relitigating what happened in the match.